Victoria Jayne Saunders

A beast as inevitable as the cold, and a fear as cold as ice. Beware the Chehwinoo.A series of gruesome, unexplained deaths put the sleepy mountain town of Somerton, Wisconsin in the national spotlight. A hefty amount of federal intervention and a half-baked cover story took it out again. That should've been the end of things.Nyla Jameson and Aaron Klein aren't so sure.The events of the previous summer linger in the air, turning the once-peaceful Basin Forest into a foreboding shadow of fear and doubt. With winter rapidly approaching, Nyla and Aaron take solace in knowing that they won't be faced with an onslaught of unwitting tourists while they unravel the Basin's mysteries.Sam Fisher and Amelia Bradley aren't tourists.They still shouldn't be in Somerton, but Sam's mother was concerned for the state of their investment in the aftershocks of the summer massacre. Sam can't imagine finding danger in the predictable rural gossip and unstable internet services of his youth, so why would he turn down the excuse for a short vacation?Dragging his best friend and secret crush Amelia along for the ride, Sam might've finally gotten them into more trouble than either of them can handle.

A beast as inevitable as the cold, and a fear as cold as ice. Beware the Chehwinoo.A series of gruesome, unexplained deaths put the sleepy mountain town of Somerton, Wisconsin in the national spotlight. A hefty amount of federal intervention and a half-baked cover story took it out again. That should've been the end of things.Nyla Jameson and Aaron Klein aren't so sure.The events of the previous summer linger in the air, turning the once-peaceful Basin Forest into a foreboding shadow of fear and doubt. With winter rapidly approaching, Nyla and Aaron take solace in knowing that they won't be faced with an onslaught of unwitting tourists while they unravel the Basin's mysteries.Sam Fisher and Amelia Bradley aren't tourists.They still shouldn't be in Somerton, but Sam's mother was concerned for the state of their investment in the aftershocks of the summer massacre. Sam can't imagine finding danger in the predictable rural gossip and unstable internet services of his youth, so why would he turn down the excuse for a short vacation?Dragging his best friend and secret crush Amelia along for the ride, Sam might've finally gotten them into more trouble than either of them can handle.

Six men are missing, and no one cares. No one except local lodge owner Nyla Jameson, and Somerton's power-hungry sheriff isn't about to listen to her. Desperate, afraid, and with no one in her corner, Nyla knows that her only hope of finding someone to believe her lies somewhere beyond Somerton's borders.Agent Aaron Klein had more than enough excitement over his ten years with the Bureau. So, when Nyla Jameson's email finds him, begging for his help, Aaron is prepared to turn her down. But something about Nyla stops him, some intangible thing that has him rushing to Somerton before the sun rises the next morning.Together, Nyla and Aaron dive headfirst into Somerton's insidious, blood-drenched secrets while more men vanish into the belly of the Basin's hunting grounds. Something is haunting the mountain forest, and Nyla and Aaron must unravel its mysteries before they join the silent corpses buried beneath the evergreens.